Antioxidants in eggs of great tits Parus major from Chernobyl and hatching success

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-743

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Karadas, Filis ^b   Mousseau, Timothy A ^c  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Clutch size; Dose rate; Hatching success; Laying date

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SONGBIRD; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CLUTCH SIZE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PASSERIFORMES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; ZYGOTE;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 48249145192     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0262-z     Document Type: Article

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